Louis Tewanima, Circa 1907 (Photo/Archives & Special Collections, Waidner-Spahr Library. Dickinson College/) Guest Opinion. The story of Louis Tewanima, Hopi,a two-time U.S. Olympian, is a paradox of sorts: a contradiction between the policy of forced assimilation of Native peoples in America by the federal government, and the heroic feats of Tewanima who ably represented the […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African footballer and Olympian Luke Fleurs has been killed in a hijacking in Johannesburg, his Kaizer Chiefs club said on Thursday. The 24-year-old defender was shot while waiting to be attended to at a petrol station in the Honeydew suburb in Johannesburg, according to police. “Luke Fleurs tragically lost his life […]
The new Thurston County manager appointee wants the public to give him a chance after news of his hiring was mired by past controversy. Leonard Hernandez, the former chief executive officer of San Bernardino County in California, defended himself against prior allegations of inappropriate workplace behavior and talked about what brought him to Thurston County […]
BOSTON (AP) — A former Olympian and longtime track coach pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of sexually molesting young boys while working at a sports camp in western Massachusetts in the 1970s. Conrad Mainwaring, who was a hurdler for Antigua and Barbuda in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, faced 12 counts of indecent assault […]
BOSTON (AP) — A former Olympian and longtime track coach is expected to plead guilty Thursday to charges of sexually molesting young boys while working at a sports camp in western Massachusetts in the 1970s. Conrad Mainwaring, who was a hurdler for Antigua and Barbuda in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, was expected to […]
Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis is reported to have been charged in connection with the death of his wife, Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins, who died after being struck by a vehicle while riding in the Australian city of Adelaide. Australian media reports said Dennis has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, endangering […]